Value-added services and leading edge companies in growth sectors

In Hyogo, there are healthcare-/pharmaceutical-related companies and R&D centers at various locations including Kobe Medical Industrial City. There is also a number of new energy-related projects designed according to characteristic features of each region. As Kansai Innovation Comprehensive Global Strategic Special Zone and Awaji Environmental Future Island Initiatives were approved as special zones, the prefecture is expected to create many projects that will lead to innovations in advanced healthcare and energy.

Principal Japanese companies in the industry

SYSMEX CORPORATION

Asubio Pharma Co., Ltd.

Kaneka Solartech Corporation

Principal foreign companies in the industry

Eli Lilly Japan K.K.

Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd.

Major education/research institutes of the industry

SPring-8 (large synchrotron radiation facility)

SACLA (X-ray free electron laser facility)

K computer (Next-Generation supercomputer )

Institute of Biomedical Resarch and Innovation

Center for Developmental Biology

Center for Molecular Imaging Science

Computational Science Research Support Center

Center for Advanced Science and Technology

Hyogo Support Center for Manufacturing in Harima

Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology for Industry, School of Scinece, University of Hyogo

Major industry cluster plans, special zones and industry-government-academia collaboration of the industry

With the formation of the “Kobe Medical Industry Development Project”, the development of an R&D hub for advanced medical technologies and the growth of a medical industry cluster on the “Port Island”, Kobe's man-made island located in the center of Kobe City are advancing.

Harima Science Garden City, located in the southwest part of Hyogo Prefecture, is the hub of hyperfine analysis research facilities which includes the world's largest synchrotron radiation facility, “SPring-8” and an X-ray free-electron laser, “SACRA”.

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